EBMUD

Name

EBMUD

Legal name

East Bay Municipal Utility District

Website

https://ebmud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Utility Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Utilities (221)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) Utilities (Aquifer/Reservoir Augmentation) (EUANAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Biosolids Beneficial Use & Land Application (Agricultural/Forestry, Soil Amendment) (EUANAHAE)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Wastewater treatment
• Municipal water supply
• Recycled water programs
• Water infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Water Service Charges: Monthly charges based on meter size recovering costs including meter reading, billing, repairs, maintenance of meters and water laterals, customer service, and administrative costs.
2. Water Flow Charges (Volumetric): Tiered volumetric rates for water delivery. Single-family residential has three tiers: first 7 units at $7.89/unit, 8-16 units at $9.15/unit, above 16 units at $10.79/unit. Multi-family at $8.31/unit. Commercial/industrial at $8.52/unit.
3. Wastewater Service Charges: Monthly service charge per account ($10.08), flow charge based on metered water use ($1.82/unit), strength charges based on wastewater constituents (COD $0.184/lb, TSS $0.762/lb), and pollution prevention fees.
4. Wet Weather Facilities Charge: Annual charge on property tax bills to fund capital expenses for wet weather flows, including maintenance and rehabilitation of wet weather facilities. Based on parcel lot size.
5. Resource Recovery Trucked Waste Program: Competitive rates for liquid and solid waste disposal at the wastewater treatment plant. Fee of $3.50 for all payments. Services various industries including FOG, septage, food processing waste, industrial waste.
6. Recycled Water Sales: Sale of recycled water for irrigation, industrial cooling, and toilet flushing. Rate of $6.37/unit for non-potable/recycled water service.
7. Private Fire Service Charges: Monthly charges for properties with private fire service connections based on meter size, recovering costs for providing fire service capability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

EBMUD is a not-for-profit public municipal utility district that treats and distributes potable water to 1.5 million customers and provides wastewater collection and treatment services to 740,000 customers across a 332-square-mile service territory in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California. The agency also operates a recycled water program for industrial and irrigation use, water conservation rebates, a Resource Recovery trucked waste disposal program, fire hydrant maintenance, and trail/recreation services on its 60,000 acres of watershed lands. Revenue is generated through regulated volumetric water charges, monthly service charges, wastewater treatment fees, and capacity charges.

Product overview

EBMUD is a not-for-profit public agency providing water and wastewater utility services. The core product portfolio consists of potable water service (treatment and distribution through six plants processing 375+ million gallons daily), wastewater treatment service (serving 740,000 customers with 52 million gallons daily processing), and recycled water programs (capability of 9+ million gallons per day for irrigation and industrial uses). Additional services include water conservation programs with rebates, service line insurance, extensive water quality testing (20,000+ annual tests), a trucked waste Resource Recovery program, fire hydrant maintenance (31,000 hydrants), trail permits, and non-potable water for irrigation. EBMUD serves 1.5 million water customers and 740,000 wastewater customers across Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Potable Water Service Treatment and distribution of safe, clean drinking water to residential and commercial customers through six water treatment plants with combined capacity exceeding 375 million gallons daily, drawing primarily from the Mokelumne River watershed.
• Wastewater Treatment Service Collection and treatment of sewage and wastewater for approximately 740,000 customers across multiple East Bay municipalities, with the Main Wastewater Treatment Plant processing 52 million gallons daily to protect the San Francisco Bay ecosystem.
• Recycled Water Program Sale of highly-treated recycled water for irrigation, industrial cooling, and toilet flushing through purple pipe infrastructure, with current capability exceeding 9 million gallons per day and a 2050 goal of 20 mgd.
• Water Conservation and Rebates Program Programs helping residents and businesses conserve water and energy, including rebates for efficient appliances, graywater systems, leak detection partnerships with hardware stores, and conservation tips.
• Resource Recovery Trucked Waste Program Environmentally-friendly disposal alternative for liquid and solid wastes including FOG (fats, oils, grease), septage, portable toilets, industrial waste, and groundwater, operating 24/7/365 at EBMUD's West Oakland wastewater treatment plant.
• Non-Potable Water Service Untreated water from reservoirs supplied for irrigation and water treatment processes, including Lake Chabot water for golf course irrigation and backwash water reuse, at a rate of $6.37 per unit.
• Water Quality Testing and Reporting Service Extensive water sampling and laboratory testing services performing over 20,000 annual tests covering more than 100 substances including microorganisms, pesticides, herbicides, asbestos, lead, copper, and petroleum products to ensure drinking water safety.
• Service Line Insurance Optional insurance coverage offered to customers for their water service lines connecting the meter box to homes or businesses, underwritten through SLWA Insurance Services, an independent company.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2025 water quality meets or surpasses every state and federal requirement
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Alphabet RockerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026GRAMMY-winning music duo collaboration on H2Flow and H2Flow en Español music videos celebrating tap water. Original song reached 183,000+ YouTube views. Spanish-language version targets Latinx community. Partnership supports water and environmental education for all East Bay residents.
• Gina MadridcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Oakland-based Mexican rapper and activist collaborated on H2Flow en Español music video. As core member of Audiopharmacy, brings culturally relevant messaging to Latinx community about drinking tap water safety and EBMUD services.
• UC Berkeley Center for Smart InfrastructurecoreTechnology or Integration · 14 August 2025Innovation partnership extended to advance smart infrastructure technologies. Collaboration focuses on developing and deploying advanced technologies for water system management, monitoring, and efficiency improvements.
• U.S. Army Corps of EngineersflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2024Milestone project partnership for East Bayshore Estuary Pipeline Project. USACE signed agreement to fund and collaborate on major infrastructure project advancing water and environmental objectives in the East Bay.
• San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaborative research partnership on PFAS prevalence in wastewater and identification of sources. Study conducted in collaboration with Regional and State Water Resources Control Boards and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies.
• Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collaboration with BACWA on PFAS study and broader water quality initiatives. Partnership supports policy development and regulatory compliance across Bay Area water agencies.
• 5 GyresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partnership conducting pioneering research on microplastics in wastewater and San Francisco Bay. Research helps understand and address microplastic pollution from beauty products, synthetic clothing, and disposable plastics.
• Dublin San Ramon Services DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint San Ramon Valley Recycled Water Program partner. Project will serve about 2.4 mgd of recycled water to irrigation customers in portions of Blackhawk, Danville and San Ramon. EBMUD's portion designed to serve customers in San Ramon, Danville and Blackhawk.
• West County Wastewater DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing secondary-treated wastewater to EBMUD's North Richmond Water Reclamation Plant for tertiary treatment and supply to Chevron's Richmond Refinery (7.5 mgd capacity).
• Chevron Richmond RefineryflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest industrial water reuse project in California. EBMUD provides 7.5 mgd of recycled water for cooling towers (since 1996) and 3.5 mgd through RARE Water Project for boilers (since 2010). Frees drinking water for 83,000+ residents.
• John Muir Land TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to permanently preserve Lamorinda watershed land. Includes formalization of partnership to save Carr Ranch. Collaboration protects water supply watershed and provides public access to preserved lands.
• Hills Emergency ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-agency coordination forum established after 1991 Oakland Hills Fire. Includes parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, 20 cities, 26 unincorporated communities, CalFire, EBMUD, East Bay Regional Park District, UC Berkeley, and local cities. Standardizes hydrant fittings for mutual aid access.
• Desert Research Institute (Nevada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with EBMUD engineers and hydrologists to utilize best science and apply latest tools and techniques for water supply forecasting in changing climate conditions.
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San DiegocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific collaboration to improve water supply forecasting using modern scientific observations and advanced climate modeling. Partnership addresses climate change impacts on water supply predictions.

Scale indicators22 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC): SFPUC is the direct California peer: another large Bay Area municipal water and wastewater utility serving San Francisco and surrounding communities with similar treatment, distribution, recycled water, and Hetch Hetchy-sourced supply.
• Contra Costa Water District: Adjacent East Bay water utility serving parts of Contra Costa County with overlapping service geography, similar raw water portfolio (Contra Costa Canal/Mokelumne area), and parallel retail and recycled water programs.
• Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water): California public water district serving Santa Clara County with comparable groundwater, surface water, recycled water, and wastewater responsibilities, including industrial reuse contracts with major Silicon Valley facilities.
• Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: Large California wholesale and retail water agency supplying imported water and supporting recycled water programs for ~19M Southern Californians; directly comparable in scale, capital intensity, and Proposition 218 rate-setting context.
• San Jose Water Company: Investor-owned water utility serving San Jose and surrounding communities with comparable potable water treatment and distribution operations, providing a private-utility analog to EBMUD's public-utility model.
• California Water Service (Cal Water): Large California investor-owned water utility serving over 2M customers across hundreds of systems; directly comparable in customer-facing water service operations, rate design, and conservation program structure.
• Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San): Regional wastewater treatment agency serving Sacramento area, comparable to EBMUD's Main Wastewater Treatment Plant in scale, tertiary treatment capability, biosolids management, and recycled water generation.
• DC Water: Large U.S. municipal water and wastewater authority serving the District of Columbia and surrounding jurisdictions with comparable treatment, biosolids, and recycled water programs; useful out-of-region peer for utility operational benchmarks.

Broad incumbents

• American Water Works Company: Largest U.S. investor-owned water and wastewater utility serving ~14M people across 14 states; relevant as a broad incumbent comparable for scale, capital planning, and PFAS compliance exposure (though privately held rather than public agency).
• Veolia North America: Major U.S. operator of water and wastewater treatment facilities under municipal contracts; comparable for treatment operations, biosolids handling, and resource recovery, though Veolia is a contracted operator rather than an asset-owning utility.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ebmud
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/OfficialEBMUD
• Facebookfacebook.com/EBMUD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ebmud
• Instagraminstagram.com/ebmud_water

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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